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September 15, 2013
Interview Me!
So I was on Smashwords recently, which is another place that I make some of my books available for sale, and it gave me one of those little notices about "finishing" my profile. Which apparently includes an interview. I was like, I should get someone to interview me?
Then I thought, hey, I guess that's not a bad idea. I do try to make myself pretty available for answering questions, but that's not quite the same as inviting questions. So I'm going to invite questions from all of you, and then I'll pick some of them (or maybe even all of them) and post them on Smashwords as my interview.
I will answer ALL of them in a blog.
Sooooo... if you have a question that you've always wanted to ask or one that you're just thinking of now, or even one that you already know the answer to but think would be a good interview question... please send it to me! I'll be collecting the questions this entire week, September 16 - September 20, and then I'll post a blog over the weekend with the answers. Whether or not I put all of them on Smashwords will depend on how many questions I get.
There are multiple ways you can submit a question for the 'interview' - you can leave a comment on this blog, you can e-mail me at goldeniangel@gmail.com or you can use the "blogger contact form" which is over on the left sidebar of this blog.
Thank you all very much for your help!
Then I thought, hey, I guess that's not a bad idea. I do try to make myself pretty available for answering questions, but that's not quite the same as inviting questions. So I'm going to invite questions from all of you, and then I'll pick some of them (or maybe even all of them) and post them on Smashwords as my interview.
I will answer ALL of them in a blog.
Sooooo... if you have a question that you've always wanted to ask or one that you're just thinking of now, or even one that you already know the answer to but think would be a good interview question... please send it to me! I'll be collecting the questions this entire week, September 16 - September 20, and then I'll post a blog over the weekend with the answers. Whether or not I put all of them on Smashwords will depend on how many questions I get.
There are multiple ways you can submit a question for the 'interview' - you can leave a comment on this blog, you can e-mail me at goldeniangel@gmail.com or you can use the "blogger contact form" which is over on the left sidebar of this blog.
Thank you all very much for your help!
September 12, 2013
Marriage Training Ch. 15
Chapter 15 of
Marriage Training
is now up on Literotica!
The Earl has officially joined Vivian's evening training =) But that doesn't mean that's the only place we'll see him, there's still social stuff going on in the afternoons which he gets to be a part of too. I'm really happy with this chapter and it seems like the readers are too, going by the comments that are being left on it so far... makes me feel good!
I'm looking forward to writing Chapter 16... I will admit, I haven't started it yet. Sometimes that happens for various reasons, this time it's because I've been hardcore going at Stronghold. I'm like super into the mindset for it at the moment. I've written about 2 1/2 chapters for it this week alone and I'm hoping to get even more done before the week ends because I'm just on such a roll with it. Things are really heating up between Angel and Adam, but so is the conflict between them and it's just flowing out like crazy.
Plus things are going on with the side characters and that's helping me to write even more and even faster.
This book is definitely going to be longer than anything I've written before, mostly because the entire story is being told in one book. I thought I was about 6-9 chapters away from the end... now I'm starting to wonder if it's going to end up being more than that just because there's still a lot of story that I want to work into it. We'll see. Things are going really well and I'm definitely on a roll writing wise, so if I can get a couple chapters done a week (or more, like this week) then I'm definitely in good shape.
Of course, I will start the next chapter of Marriage Training tomorrow but I don't think that one will take me too long =) Now that Gabriel's more involved, those chapters flow smoother than ever. It's just that I've been soooooo constructive with Stronghold that I didn't want to take my attention away from it until I absolutely had to. But I still think it'll keep flowing quickly... YAY!
The Earl has officially joined Vivian's evening training =) But that doesn't mean that's the only place we'll see him, there's still social stuff going on in the afternoons which he gets to be a part of too. I'm really happy with this chapter and it seems like the readers are too, going by the comments that are being left on it so far... makes me feel good!
I'm looking forward to writing Chapter 16... I will admit, I haven't started it yet. Sometimes that happens for various reasons, this time it's because I've been hardcore going at Stronghold. I'm like super into the mindset for it at the moment. I've written about 2 1/2 chapters for it this week alone and I'm hoping to get even more done before the week ends because I'm just on such a roll with it. Things are really heating up between Angel and Adam, but so is the conflict between them and it's just flowing out like crazy.
Plus things are going on with the side characters and that's helping me to write even more and even faster.
This book is definitely going to be longer than anything I've written before, mostly because the entire story is being told in one book. I thought I was about 6-9 chapters away from the end... now I'm starting to wonder if it's going to end up being more than that just because there's still a lot of story that I want to work into it. We'll see. Things are going really well and I'm definitely on a roll writing wise, so if I can get a couple chapters done a week (or more, like this week) then I'm definitely in good shape.
Of course, I will start the next chapter of Marriage Training tomorrow but I don't think that one will take me too long =) Now that Gabriel's more involved, those chapters flow smoother than ever. It's just that I've been soooooo constructive with Stronghold that I didn't want to take my attention away from it until I absolutely had to. But I still think it'll keep flowing quickly... YAY!
September 11, 2013
Over 100,000!
Wow, so a HUGE thank you to everyone who reads this blog! I can't believe it's already hit over 100,000 views... makes me feel good! =)
I check every day to see if the next chapter of Marriage Training has been published yet, but I think Lit's Summer Contest is slowing down the submissions that aren't part of it (as contests usually do). Looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks of it!
I'm chugging right through Stronghold and I think I'm still on target for an October release date, although I can't yet tell you whether it will be early, mid or late October. I'm aiming for mid, but we'll see... it'll depend on how fast I can write and edit =) So far it's going really well... I might have another teaser up in the next couple of weeks. It's a little different from the Venus series since each couple is only getting one book, which means that a lot more information needs to be packed in all at once. As well as character development, etc. Ack! Definitely a challenge. It'll be interesting to see how it comes out.
The Domestic Discipline series made me a little nervous, like Stronghold is now, because it was my first series completely unrelated to Literotica. The Stronghold series is only very loosely to do with Lit, since it's a spin-off of the Venus Rising quartet, but it's nerve-wracking in its own way. With the DD quartet, I knew going in that Edwin and Eleanor's story was going to continue on in the second book. With Stronghold I know I have to get it all wrapped up in one book... in a satisfying manner.
But it's a LOT of fun and I'm so happy I get to hang with the characters. Honestly, I haven't seen quite as much of the Venus characters as I was expecting, but I've enjoyed what I have seen of them. The guys have come up a lot more often than the girls, which makes sense since they're already friends with Adam whereas Jessica and Hilary have just met Angel. I'm having the most fun with Lexie though... she and Angel get along really well and she is just popping up in all sorts of entertaining instances. Poor Patrick has his hands full.
Also, the characters are finally cooperating again. I think I've finally hit upon an outline that everyone's happy with (for the moment) and the words are really just starting to flow out of me again. Which is great. I was having a little bit of a block last week - and not just on Stronghold, on writing in general. I wasn't at a standstill, but I was definitely having trouble with getting any real amount of work done. Not anymore! Yay!
I check every day to see if the next chapter of Marriage Training has been published yet, but I think Lit's Summer Contest is slowing down the submissions that aren't part of it (as contests usually do). Looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks of it!
I'm chugging right through Stronghold and I think I'm still on target for an October release date, although I can't yet tell you whether it will be early, mid or late October. I'm aiming for mid, but we'll see... it'll depend on how fast I can write and edit =) So far it's going really well... I might have another teaser up in the next couple of weeks. It's a little different from the Venus series since each couple is only getting one book, which means that a lot more information needs to be packed in all at once. As well as character development, etc. Ack! Definitely a challenge. It'll be interesting to see how it comes out.
The Domestic Discipline series made me a little nervous, like Stronghold is now, because it was my first series completely unrelated to Literotica. The Stronghold series is only very loosely to do with Lit, since it's a spin-off of the Venus Rising quartet, but it's nerve-wracking in its own way. With the DD quartet, I knew going in that Edwin and Eleanor's story was going to continue on in the second book. With Stronghold I know I have to get it all wrapped up in one book... in a satisfying manner.
But it's a LOT of fun and I'm so happy I get to hang with the characters. Honestly, I haven't seen quite as much of the Venus characters as I was expecting, but I've enjoyed what I have seen of them. The guys have come up a lot more often than the girls, which makes sense since they're already friends with Adam whereas Jessica and Hilary have just met Angel. I'm having the most fun with Lexie though... she and Angel get along really well and she is just popping up in all sorts of entertaining instances. Poor Patrick has his hands full.
Also, the characters are finally cooperating again. I think I've finally hit upon an outline that everyone's happy with (for the moment) and the words are really just starting to flow out of me again. Which is great. I was having a little bit of a block last week - and not just on Stronghold, on writing in general. I wasn't at a standstill, but I was definitely having trouble with getting any real amount of work done. Not anymore! Yay!
September 8, 2013
Weekend Writing
So... the good news: I submitted Chapter 15 of Marriage Training to Literotica on Friday =) YAY! That should (hopefully) be out sometime next week. The Earl is finally getting involved in Vivian's training... and I have to say it's kind of really hot. I enjoyed that chapter VERY much.
The thing is, that also means that we're getting to the end of the story for Lit! I have mentioned before, I will be making this into a book for Amazon, it's going to be part of another Victorian series. I have some of the extra material already written (there's going to be a secondary story line between Mrs. Banks and Dr. Monroe, as well as interactions between Vivian and the other students and Gabriel and his family, plus several extra chapters at the end which will have to do with the Society of Sin - which is what the series will be based around.) but I'm going to have more to write afterwards, so I'm guessing that the book version will be out sometime over the winter. Probably after Seduction by Spanking, the third Domestic Discipline book.
Now I'm starting to think about what I might write next, after Marriage Training.
I've got a lot of focus going into Stronghold, but I definitely think I'll want to do another series for Literotica, but I really want to write something a lot darker than what I've been working on. Marriage Training was originally supposed to be quite a bit darker and rougher than what it ended up being, because (as usual) I was swayed by reader comments and the characters themselves. But it means that a lot of the storylines that I've been coming up with while writing it have been MUCH rougher and darker.
Right now I'm kinda deciding between two... one is another Victorian era series. I got a reader request for a historical, Victorian era story in the Incest/Taboo category and I ended up coming up with several ideas for something along those lines. That one would be dark but probably a lot less rough than the other series idea I've come up with, which would (probably) be a modern-day piece, two people kidnapped and ending up as some kind of powerful man's sex slaves for whatever time period that he decides to keep them for.
Eventually I'll definitely end up writing both stories, because they're both calling to me, it's just a matter of what will come first.
This weekend I'm trying to get some more on Stronghold done as well as a little bit more work on a standalone that I've been working on here and there when I need a break from the other stuff. Although, of course, because I'm me that's not all I'm doing... spent all yesterday at the Renaissance Fair (whoo-hoo!) and spent a good portion of the day today being a good little domestic goddess and making things all nice for when hubby gets home.
I also broke out some nen-wa balls to play with (I think they were supposed to be the same thing is ben-wa balls) because I was thinking of writing a review for them, but I'm going to have to try them out some other time when I'm moving around more because just wearing them around the house for a short period of time didn't really give me a good idea of how effective they are. Ie. I didn't find them effective at all, but I'm not sure how fair of a trial I really gave them.
So that's what's going on in Angel's World this weekend!
The thing is, that also means that we're getting to the end of the story for Lit! I have mentioned before, I will be making this into a book for Amazon, it's going to be part of another Victorian series. I have some of the extra material already written (there's going to be a secondary story line between Mrs. Banks and Dr. Monroe, as well as interactions between Vivian and the other students and Gabriel and his family, plus several extra chapters at the end which will have to do with the Society of Sin - which is what the series will be based around.) but I'm going to have more to write afterwards, so I'm guessing that the book version will be out sometime over the winter. Probably after Seduction by Spanking, the third Domestic Discipline book.
Now I'm starting to think about what I might write next, after Marriage Training.
I've got a lot of focus going into Stronghold, but I definitely think I'll want to do another series for Literotica, but I really want to write something a lot darker than what I've been working on. Marriage Training was originally supposed to be quite a bit darker and rougher than what it ended up being, because (as usual) I was swayed by reader comments and the characters themselves. But it means that a lot of the storylines that I've been coming up with while writing it have been MUCH rougher and darker.
Right now I'm kinda deciding between two... one is another Victorian era series. I got a reader request for a historical, Victorian era story in the Incest/Taboo category and I ended up coming up with several ideas for something along those lines. That one would be dark but probably a lot less rough than the other series idea I've come up with, which would (probably) be a modern-day piece, two people kidnapped and ending up as some kind of powerful man's sex slaves for whatever time period that he decides to keep them for.
Eventually I'll definitely end up writing both stories, because they're both calling to me, it's just a matter of what will come first.
This weekend I'm trying to get some more on Stronghold done as well as a little bit more work on a standalone that I've been working on here and there when I need a break from the other stuff. Although, of course, because I'm me that's not all I'm doing... spent all yesterday at the Renaissance Fair (whoo-hoo!) and spent a good portion of the day today being a good little domestic goddess and making things all nice for when hubby gets home.
I also broke out some nen-wa balls to play with (I think they were supposed to be the same thing is ben-wa balls) because I was thinking of writing a review for them, but I'm going to have to try them out some other time when I'm moving around more because just wearing them around the house for a short period of time didn't really give me a good idea of how effective they are. Ie. I didn't find them effective at all, but I'm not sure how fair of a trial I really gave them.
So that's what's going on in Angel's World this weekend!
September 5, 2013
Pieces of Me
I've had a couple of questions about what parts of "me" end up in my characters... well all of them get a bit of me. It's easier to figure out what I've given the modern characters, especially since I'm currently concentrating on Stronghold at the moment. =)
Angel - lives the life I sometimes wish I could. I'm a 9-5er because I need stability, but sometimes I wish I could do odd-jobs thing, which would give me more time for things I want to do (like sew costumes). Also, hubby and I have recently started ballroom dancing and that definitely has something to do with her mom's occupation. And she's also half-Asian, like me. She also has my affinity for guy friends... I get along better with guys then I do with girls a lot of the time. I've community theater, like her, and she's also got my bratty side and my eclectic, quirky side.
Hilary - Got my words and the prissy princess part of me LOL. She's my softer side, the cuddly one that wants to play nicely but still play. And the words thing... my friends often make fun of me for using expressions and words that are completely outdated. It's something that I usually have to watch out for in my writing, because most people don't actually talk like that. One of the best things about writing from Hilary's perspective was that I didn't have to pay attention to weeding out my anachronistic expressions, I could just relax and write.
Jessica - Okay... I hate to admit this... the Transformer's quote about getting into the car... yeah that's a real conversation I had with my best friend LOL. Don't judge me! We weren't talking about me going to a school like the Venus School (HA! I wish!) but I still used it. She also got to live out all my sexy fantasies about multiple partners, exhibitionism, voyeurism, etc. And she got my shyness around strangers and outgoing happiness around friends.
Olivia - got the small Dominant side to my personality, the more abrasive side of my sense of humor, the pushiness that I have outside of the bedroom, and the occasional spurt of Dominance that I get inside of it. She also gets my foul mouth LOL.
Leigh - you'll meet her in Stronghold, she's Angel's best friend and she got my ex-boyfriend (sorry Leigh! But she gets a happy ending eventually). She's kind of a cross between me 10 years ago and my best friend LOL.
Patrick and Lexie are completely made up, but her brother Jake (in my head) is very similar to my best guy friend in high school. Patrick kind of looks/acts like a guy that I flirted with a lot in high school, but I wouldn't say he's actually based on him.
And Angel's Michael, who we'll see a lot of in Stronghold, was inspired by a guy I had a major crush on in college. Their relationship is very similar to mine and his as well. *sigh of longing* lol. Everyone else... completely made up. =)
So no idea if that answers the questions or if anyone actually found that interesting... but that's a little bit of insight into the Stronghold characters. I'm looking forward to all of their stories, that's for sure =)
Angel - lives the life I sometimes wish I could. I'm a 9-5er because I need stability, but sometimes I wish I could do odd-jobs thing, which would give me more time for things I want to do (like sew costumes). Also, hubby and I have recently started ballroom dancing and that definitely has something to do with her mom's occupation. And she's also half-Asian, like me. She also has my affinity for guy friends... I get along better with guys then I do with girls a lot of the time. I've community theater, like her, and she's also got my bratty side and my eclectic, quirky side.
Hilary - Got my words and the prissy princess part of me LOL. She's my softer side, the cuddly one that wants to play nicely but still play. And the words thing... my friends often make fun of me for using expressions and words that are completely outdated. It's something that I usually have to watch out for in my writing, because most people don't actually talk like that. One of the best things about writing from Hilary's perspective was that I didn't have to pay attention to weeding out my anachronistic expressions, I could just relax and write.
Jessica - Okay... I hate to admit this... the Transformer's quote about getting into the car... yeah that's a real conversation I had with my best friend LOL. Don't judge me! We weren't talking about me going to a school like the Venus School (HA! I wish!) but I still used it. She also got to live out all my sexy fantasies about multiple partners, exhibitionism, voyeurism, etc. And she got my shyness around strangers and outgoing happiness around friends.
Olivia - got the small Dominant side to my personality, the more abrasive side of my sense of humor, the pushiness that I have outside of the bedroom, and the occasional spurt of Dominance that I get inside of it. She also gets my foul mouth LOL.
Leigh - you'll meet her in Stronghold, she's Angel's best friend and she got my ex-boyfriend (sorry Leigh! But she gets a happy ending eventually). She's kind of a cross between me 10 years ago and my best friend LOL.
Patrick and Lexie are completely made up, but her brother Jake (in my head) is very similar to my best guy friend in high school. Patrick kind of looks/acts like a guy that I flirted with a lot in high school, but I wouldn't say he's actually based on him.
And Angel's Michael, who we'll see a lot of in Stronghold, was inspired by a guy I had a major crush on in college. Their relationship is very similar to mine and his as well. *sigh of longing* lol. Everyone else... completely made up. =)
So no idea if that answers the questions or if anyone actually found that interesting... but that's a little bit of insight into the Stronghold characters. I'm looking forward to all of their stories, that's for sure =)
September 3, 2013
Amazeballs
Soooooo... in case you hadn't realized, I'm a big nerd. I went to DragonCon this past weekend and it was AMAZEBALLS. So many awesome costumes there, plus all the actors and writers, etc. One of my favorite authors, Laurell K. Hamilton was there and I got her autograph in the first book of her Anita Blake series. Even though that series has gone downhill in the recent books, the first ten or so were fantastic and I love re-reading them.
I also got to see a panel with William Shatner which was super cool - although unlike most of the people there, I fell in love with him as Denny Crane rather than as Captain James Kirk. I have been watching the original Star Trek during the past month though, so I understand where that love is coming from too. He's a fabulous public speaker! Definitely recommend going to see him if you ever get a chance.
It was three seriously intense days of high heeled boots and corsets (holy crap my feet hurt) and tons of walking, lots of waiting in line, and taking a mountain load of pictures. We were pretty much completely exhausted by the end of every night, so needless to say I didn't get a whole lot of writing done. And by "not a whole lot" I mean that I wrote about a page while we were waiting for the plane to take us home.
This week I've got some goals...
1. Finish and submit the next chapter of Marriage Training
2. Finish and submit the standalone story that I've been working on for a few weeks now (it's so close!)
3. Write at least one more chapter of Stronghold (aim for two...)
4. Complete the chapter of Seduction By Spanking that I'm currently working on.
Obviously that's a lot of goals... but I might be able to complete them. It does somewhat depend on free time / level of tiredness. And I just wasn't in the right mind set over the weekend, I was more about action and experiencing than I was about sitting / thinking / writing. Now that I'm so tired (and my feet are so sore) sitting and writing sounds heavenly LOL.
I also got to see a panel with William Shatner which was super cool - although unlike most of the people there, I fell in love with him as Denny Crane rather than as Captain James Kirk. I have been watching the original Star Trek during the past month though, so I understand where that love is coming from too. He's a fabulous public speaker! Definitely recommend going to see him if you ever get a chance.
It was three seriously intense days of high heeled boots and corsets (holy crap my feet hurt) and tons of walking, lots of waiting in line, and taking a mountain load of pictures. We were pretty much completely exhausted by the end of every night, so needless to say I didn't get a whole lot of writing done. And by "not a whole lot" I mean that I wrote about a page while we were waiting for the plane to take us home.
This week I've got some goals...
1. Finish and submit the next chapter of Marriage Training
2. Finish and submit the standalone story that I've been working on for a few weeks now (it's so close!)
3. Write at least one more chapter of Stronghold (aim for two...)
4. Complete the chapter of Seduction By Spanking that I'm currently working on.
Obviously that's a lot of goals... but I might be able to complete them. It does somewhat depend on free time / level of tiredness. And I just wasn't in the right mind set over the weekend, I was more about action and experiencing than I was about sitting / thinking / writing. Now that I'm so tired (and my feet are so sore) sitting and writing sounds heavenly LOL.
August 28, 2013
Marriage Training Ch. 14
YAY! Chapter 14 of Marriage Training is now available!
Thank goodness... I'm going out of town tomorrow night immediately after work to head to DragonCon and I was starting to think that it wouldn't come out before that! Oi vei. I think because the Summer Contest is going on that things are taking longer to come out. That almost always happens when there's a contest going on unfortunately.
Just an FYI - yes the Earl is in this chapter, no it's not a training day... yet. I wanted to give them a little moment before he actually joins in the training =) That comes with the next chapter. Which I'm working on of course, although lately I've been pounding out work on Stronghold. Since the characters are currently cooperating =) Definitely want to take advantage of that while it's going on!
I'm not sure how much work I'm going to get done this weekend cuz I'm guessing I'm going to be pretty darn exhausted, but I am bringing my laptop so we'll see. Maybe I'll get a little something something done. But I definitely won't be posting a blog again till I get back.
Soooo... I'm just going to go ahead and say right now, I hope you all enjoy this chapter of Marriage Training and that you have great weekends!
Thank goodness... I'm going out of town tomorrow night immediately after work to head to DragonCon and I was starting to think that it wouldn't come out before that! Oi vei. I think because the Summer Contest is going on that things are taking longer to come out. That almost always happens when there's a contest going on unfortunately.
Just an FYI - yes the Earl is in this chapter, no it's not a training day... yet. I wanted to give them a little moment before he actually joins in the training =) That comes with the next chapter. Which I'm working on of course, although lately I've been pounding out work on Stronghold. Since the characters are currently cooperating =) Definitely want to take advantage of that while it's going on!
I'm not sure how much work I'm going to get done this weekend cuz I'm guessing I'm going to be pretty darn exhausted, but I am bringing my laptop so we'll see. Maybe I'll get a little something something done. But I definitely won't be posting a blog again till I get back.
Soooo... I'm just going to go ahead and say right now, I hope you all enjoy this chapter of Marriage Training and that you have great weekends!
August 26, 2013
Angel Recommends: Sex and Violence! (Sort of)
Okay, so you know the whole, 'the fantasy is hotter than the reality thing'? Yeah, well this fantasy is soooooooooo hot it's sizzling!
Kit Rocha's Beyond series, of which two books are out, are one of the series that I wait for with impatient anticipation. The first one was so freaking hot and I completely fell in love with Dallas, who is the big bad boss of Sector 3, even though he wasn't the main male character - his best friend Jasper is.
When I saw the trailers for the movie Elysium, it kind of reminded me of these books.
Except that Eden, where the very rich, wealthy and pampered live, is next to the Sectors. It's a little bit like Hunger Games in that way except that Eden does its best to ignore the outside. Picture a super conservative, super puritanical haven where no one is allowed to do... well... anything.
The sectors each have their own specialty, allowing their populations to survive. One is basically a prostitution sector, supplying mistresses to the wealthy men of Eden (since sex is basically taboo there), another focuses on technology, and Sector 4, where Dallas rules, has its hand in all sorts of illegal smuggling and trade of illicit goods.
Sector 4 respects its women, sex is basically a free-for-all, and yet there are some hard and fast rules for monogamous couples who want to claim each other - which they do with a tattoo around the neck. Everyone is inked, and your ink tells your story and identifies you. And for someone with a fear of needles, the fact that Rocha manages to make a tattooing scene incredible sexy... that's saying something.
We follow Noelle, daughter of one of Eden's Councilmen who ends up in Sector 4, as she adjusts to her new life, which also gives us the chance to learn all about Sector 4 and Dallas and his gang through her eyes. Dallas' right hand man, Jasper, is more than a little obsessed with Noelle, but he recognizes the need to go slow with her since she doesn't even know what sex IS much less how to process the amazing sensations that go with it. Sharing means caring in Sector 4, but both of them realize they want to tattoo each other's necks...
But nothing comes easily.
This book has lots of sex, lots of plot, lots of fantastic danger, and is the most amazing blend of sex and violence. Sure it glamorizes both things... but who cares? The fantasy is incredibly hot. Made me want to run around and find a guy with tats to bring home to hubby and have an orgy with LOL.
Although I don't think any real man could measure up to Dallas *swoon* And book 2 is all about him and Lexi. YUM.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the best part... Beyond Shame , book 1, is only 99 cents on the Kindle.
Book 3 is out today and I am so super jealous of this lady who got to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review... It looks like it's going to be just as good as the first two and I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT!!!
Kit Rocha's Beyond series, of which two books are out, are one of the series that I wait for with impatient anticipation. The first one was so freaking hot and I completely fell in love with Dallas, who is the big bad boss of Sector 3, even though he wasn't the main male character - his best friend Jasper is.
When I saw the trailers for the movie Elysium, it kind of reminded me of these books.
Except that Eden, where the very rich, wealthy and pampered live, is next to the Sectors. It's a little bit like Hunger Games in that way except that Eden does its best to ignore the outside. Picture a super conservative, super puritanical haven where no one is allowed to do... well... anything.
The sectors each have their own specialty, allowing their populations to survive. One is basically a prostitution sector, supplying mistresses to the wealthy men of Eden (since sex is basically taboo there), another focuses on technology, and Sector 4, where Dallas rules, has its hand in all sorts of illegal smuggling and trade of illicit goods.
Sector 4 respects its women, sex is basically a free-for-all, and yet there are some hard and fast rules for monogamous couples who want to claim each other - which they do with a tattoo around the neck. Everyone is inked, and your ink tells your story and identifies you. And for someone with a fear of needles, the fact that Rocha manages to make a tattooing scene incredible sexy... that's saying something.
We follow Noelle, daughter of one of Eden's Councilmen who ends up in Sector 4, as she adjusts to her new life, which also gives us the chance to learn all about Sector 4 and Dallas and his gang through her eyes. Dallas' right hand man, Jasper, is more than a little obsessed with Noelle, but he recognizes the need to go slow with her since she doesn't even know what sex IS much less how to process the amazing sensations that go with it. Sharing means caring in Sector 4, but both of them realize they want to tattoo each other's necks...
But nothing comes easily.
This book has lots of sex, lots of plot, lots of fantastic danger, and is the most amazing blend of sex and violence. Sure it glamorizes both things... but who cares? The fantasy is incredibly hot. Made me want to run around and find a guy with tats to bring home to hubby and have an orgy with LOL.
Although I don't think any real man could measure up to Dallas *swoon* And book 2 is all about him and Lexi. YUM.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the best part... Beyond Shame , book 1, is only 99 cents on the Kindle.
Book 3 is out today and I am so super jealous of this lady who got to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review... It looks like it's going to be just as good as the first two and I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT!!!
August 24, 2013
Stronghold Teaser
So I've finally got a new outline for Angel and Adam... we'll see whether or not they'll let me stick with this one LOL. It fits where they are at the moment, but they're good at going off-script. Anyway... I think that I really am about halfway through the book which means that I'm right on schedule for a fall release, which is good. YAY!
For Marriage Training - I submitted the next chapter of that (Vivian and the Earl finally meeting!) on Thursday evening so that should be out sometime next week =)
And, here's a teaser for Stronghold!!!!:
The desk that Master Patrick sat down at was huge, it made her feel like a dwarf by comparison. A man smaller than him would have looked overwhelmed by it, but it suited him perfectly. "Have a seat, Angie," he said, and even though he was using the pseudonym she'd chosen rather than her real name she felt the immediate need to obey.Yeah, no mistaking this man for anything other than "in charge." The authoritarian tone of voice had her moving before she even thought about it, to one of the cushy black leather chairs in front of the desk. It was incredibly comfortable. The kind of chair that she'd like to curl up and wallow in, read a book on a rainy day... it would have worked just as well in front of a fire as it did in this office. But with the scary man behind the desk, his hard gaze fixed on her, she couldn't relax. Instead she shifted her weight, taking tiny peeks at him because for some reason she couldn't bring herself to directly meet his eyes for more than a moment or two. She'd managed it at Chained, but they hadn't known she was submissive. It had been easier there. No doubts welling up in her mind, no second thoughts about what she was about to do. "Did you read over the contract that I sent you?""Yes Sir." About fifty times. It had included all the rules and regulations that governed Stronghold. "Good girl." Something inside of Angel warmed as he reached into his desk and pulled out a stapled stack of papers. Yeah, she wasn't attracted to Patrick, even though she could acknowledge that he was extremely attractive, but she still liked being called a good girl by him. There was just something about it that satisfied a need deep inside of her and made her feel all happy and glow-y. "This is the same thing, in paper form. You can look it over if you want. And then you need to sign it." He glanced at the clock. "Your Dom for the evening should be here any minute."She felt a little awkward looking over it in front of him, because part of her said to trust his word, but the more cynical part of her that taught self-defense said always be sure. So she skimmed it, familiar enough with the sentences by now to know that they were identical to the one that he'd sent her online. Even though she couldn't read as fast as Leigh, she was pretty fast skimming, which cut down on the length of time that she was looking it over. As she picked up a pen, Patrick's phone rang. "Hello?..." There was a long pause. "Shit. Alright, I'll be right down."Putting down the phone with enough force that Angel jumped (okay, so she might be a little bit jittery considering that she'd just signed a release to have all sorts of dirty and debauched things done to her), Patrick sighed and gave her a reassuring sort of smile. It warmed his face and enabled her to meet his eyes. "I have a situation I have to see to... I don't want to have to leave you here alone though. Hold on a moment." Getting up, he went back to the door that they'd come in from, the one that connected to the lobby. Angel clasped her hands together. A situation? What did that mean? Was it a sub that had gotten hurt? Someone's scene gotten out of control? Why would the owner of the club be needed if unless it something bad?As her panic started to well, Patrick stuck his head out of the door. "Jared.... oh hey, good you're here. Never mind, Jared." He shifted so that more of his body was out of the door, his voice still loud enough that she could hear every word he said. "I've got a situation downstairs... Tom offered Ellie a club contract last week but she refused.""Of course she did," another deep male voice said. "Ellie never signs club contracts.""Yeah but she's been scening with him a lot lately, I think he got his hopes up."A derisive snort. "Anyway, she turned him down for a scene tonight and accepted an offer from Will, so now I've got to get downstairs because Tom's throwing a hissy fit, Ellie is making it worse by ignoring him, and Will is pissed.""As he should be if Tom's interfering with a scene over a sub that he has no claim to.""Yes, thank you for telling me what I already know." Master Patrick's voice was dry, but she could tell that he respected whoever he was talking to. He was sarcastic but not derogatory. "Anyway, Angie's in here, so you can chat with her before choosing a room for the scene. Interrogation, jail and school are all open.""Okay, thanks."Then Master Patrick was moving away and another man was entering. Angel was starting to stand, feeling that she should get up and introduce herself, but as soon as she caught his crystal blue gaze her knees and lungs locked up and she found herself sinking back into the chair.Very tall, very attractive, with very blue eyes, blonde hair and a goatee... and he looked more than grouchy as recognition flashed across his face.
He looked downright pissed.
For Marriage Training - I submitted the next chapter of that (Vivian and the Earl finally meeting!) on Thursday evening so that should be out sometime next week =)
And, here's a teaser for Stronghold!!!!:
The desk that Master Patrick sat down at was huge, it made her feel like a dwarf by comparison. A man smaller than him would have looked overwhelmed by it, but it suited him perfectly. "Have a seat, Angie," he said, and even though he was using the pseudonym she'd chosen rather than her real name she felt the immediate need to obey.Yeah, no mistaking this man for anything other than "in charge." The authoritarian tone of voice had her moving before she even thought about it, to one of the cushy black leather chairs in front of the desk. It was incredibly comfortable. The kind of chair that she'd like to curl up and wallow in, read a book on a rainy day... it would have worked just as well in front of a fire as it did in this office. But with the scary man behind the desk, his hard gaze fixed on her, she couldn't relax. Instead she shifted her weight, taking tiny peeks at him because for some reason she couldn't bring herself to directly meet his eyes for more than a moment or two. She'd managed it at Chained, but they hadn't known she was submissive. It had been easier there. No doubts welling up in her mind, no second thoughts about what she was about to do. "Did you read over the contract that I sent you?""Yes Sir." About fifty times. It had included all the rules and regulations that governed Stronghold. "Good girl." Something inside of Angel warmed as he reached into his desk and pulled out a stapled stack of papers. Yeah, she wasn't attracted to Patrick, even though she could acknowledge that he was extremely attractive, but she still liked being called a good girl by him. There was just something about it that satisfied a need deep inside of her and made her feel all happy and glow-y. "This is the same thing, in paper form. You can look it over if you want. And then you need to sign it." He glanced at the clock. "Your Dom for the evening should be here any minute."She felt a little awkward looking over it in front of him, because part of her said to trust his word, but the more cynical part of her that taught self-defense said always be sure. So she skimmed it, familiar enough with the sentences by now to know that they were identical to the one that he'd sent her online. Even though she couldn't read as fast as Leigh, she was pretty fast skimming, which cut down on the length of time that she was looking it over. As she picked up a pen, Patrick's phone rang. "Hello?..." There was a long pause. "Shit. Alright, I'll be right down."Putting down the phone with enough force that Angel jumped (okay, so she might be a little bit jittery considering that she'd just signed a release to have all sorts of dirty and debauched things done to her), Patrick sighed and gave her a reassuring sort of smile. It warmed his face and enabled her to meet his eyes. "I have a situation I have to see to... I don't want to have to leave you here alone though. Hold on a moment." Getting up, he went back to the door that they'd come in from, the one that connected to the lobby. Angel clasped her hands together. A situation? What did that mean? Was it a sub that had gotten hurt? Someone's scene gotten out of control? Why would the owner of the club be needed if unless it something bad?As her panic started to well, Patrick stuck his head out of the door. "Jared.... oh hey, good you're here. Never mind, Jared." He shifted so that more of his body was out of the door, his voice still loud enough that she could hear every word he said. "I've got a situation downstairs... Tom offered Ellie a club contract last week but she refused.""Of course she did," another deep male voice said. "Ellie never signs club contracts.""Yeah but she's been scening with him a lot lately, I think he got his hopes up."A derisive snort. "Anyway, she turned him down for a scene tonight and accepted an offer from Will, so now I've got to get downstairs because Tom's throwing a hissy fit, Ellie is making it worse by ignoring him, and Will is pissed.""As he should be if Tom's interfering with a scene over a sub that he has no claim to.""Yes, thank you for telling me what I already know." Master Patrick's voice was dry, but she could tell that he respected whoever he was talking to. He was sarcastic but not derogatory. "Anyway, Angie's in here, so you can chat with her before choosing a room for the scene. Interrogation, jail and school are all open.""Okay, thanks."Then Master Patrick was moving away and another man was entering. Angel was starting to stand, feeling that she should get up and introduce herself, but as soon as she caught his crystal blue gaze her knees and lungs locked up and she found herself sinking back into the chair.Very tall, very attractive, with very blue eyes, blonde hair and a goatee... and he looked more than grouchy as recognition flashed across his face.
He looked downright pissed.
August 22, 2013
Fighting With My Characters
You'd be surprised how often this happens. The Stronghold characters are particularly trying. Justin and Chris had the tendency to go off the rails, even though Liam, Hilary and Jessica were all pretty well behaved.
Now trying to deal with Adam and Angel... I'm going a bit nuts, I won't lie. The bastards just keep changing things up on me! Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can get frustrating. Especially when I look at my most recent outline that I've written for them (I'm on the fourth or fifth now, I can't even remember) and realize that it's not going to work. At all.
Adam's too demanding about what he wants and Angel's too unpredictable. Even her best friend Leigh isn't quite cooperating with me when it comes to timeline stuff.
I'm over 50,000 words in, which is usually about halfway through a book for me, but I honestly have no idea where we are in the story. I know what's going to happen in the next chapter and that's about it, because they keep changing where they're going. We all have a vague idea about where everything is headed, but every time I try to define it they just grab the reins from me and start moving in a new direction until all the plot twists and pathways that I'd worked out no longer work anymore.
*bangs head on wall*
It really makes it hard for me to plot things out. I thought I'd go ahead and write a new outline for them... but there's no real clue as to where they're going after the next chapter. They were pretty good about following the most recent outline that I'd written for them, right up until they met each other and now sparks are flying in entirely different ways then I'd originally planned. It's kind of like a mental wrestling match. And I'm about to add a new Dom to the equation, and to the cast of Stronghold characters, in the form of one of Angel's friends and all I can think is "oh crap... what is this going to do to my plot line?" Cuz I don't think it's going to do what I originally intended. - if you're checking out my Pinterest, btw, the new Dom that I'm introducing is Master Michael and you can see his "picture" up on the Stronghold page.
In other news... Vivian and Gabriel are being more romantic / softer than I would have thought during their first meeting... which makes me wonder how his involvement in her training is actually going to go. That should be interesting.
And Cynthia and Wesley, despite being the two rebels, are actually doing what I want them to. Of course I'm only about one chapter into their book so I don't know if that really counts. But it's nice that someone's behaving!
So yeah. There's some behind-the-scenes drama going on (if it can be called that) but I'll be posting a new teaser for Stronghold this weekend. I just gotta decide what I want to post =)
Now trying to deal with Adam and Angel... I'm going a bit nuts, I won't lie. The bastards just keep changing things up on me! Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can get frustrating. Especially when I look at my most recent outline that I've written for them (I'm on the fourth or fifth now, I can't even remember) and realize that it's not going to work. At all.
Adam's too demanding about what he wants and Angel's too unpredictable. Even her best friend Leigh isn't quite cooperating with me when it comes to timeline stuff.
I'm over 50,000 words in, which is usually about halfway through a book for me, but I honestly have no idea where we are in the story. I know what's going to happen in the next chapter and that's about it, because they keep changing where they're going. We all have a vague idea about where everything is headed, but every time I try to define it they just grab the reins from me and start moving in a new direction until all the plot twists and pathways that I'd worked out no longer work anymore.
*bangs head on wall*
It really makes it hard for me to plot things out. I thought I'd go ahead and write a new outline for them... but there's no real clue as to where they're going after the next chapter. They were pretty good about following the most recent outline that I'd written for them, right up until they met each other and now sparks are flying in entirely different ways then I'd originally planned. It's kind of like a mental wrestling match. And I'm about to add a new Dom to the equation, and to the cast of Stronghold characters, in the form of one of Angel's friends and all I can think is "oh crap... what is this going to do to my plot line?" Cuz I don't think it's going to do what I originally intended. - if you're checking out my Pinterest, btw, the new Dom that I'm introducing is Master Michael and you can see his "picture" up on the Stronghold page.
In other news... Vivian and Gabriel are being more romantic / softer than I would have thought during their first meeting... which makes me wonder how his involvement in her training is actually going to go. That should be interesting.
And Cynthia and Wesley, despite being the two rebels, are actually doing what I want them to. Of course I'm only about one chapter into their book so I don't know if that really counts. But it's nice that someone's behaving!
So yeah. There's some behind-the-scenes drama going on (if it can be called that) but I'll be posting a new teaser for Stronghold this weekend. I just gotta decide what I want to post =)
